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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 738 · 40 questions
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Engineer's tip (Ask, imagine, plan, create, test, improve): Ask (problem, users, limits) → Imagine (many ideas) → Plan (diagram, materials). Create (build a prototype) → Test (measure) → Improve (fix and retest). It is a loop: after Improve, test again.

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  1. 1.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Test
  2. 2.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Test
  4. 4.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) check it against goals (b) list the materials (c) fix the weak part (d) follow the plan to build
  6. 6.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine
  8. 8.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Create
  9. 9.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Improve
  10. 10.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Imagine”? (a) Create (b) Imagine
  11. 11.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) redesign after testing (b) list the materials (c) find the limits (d) dream up possible fixes
  13. 13.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Create
  14. 14.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Improve
  15. 15.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) redesign after testing (c) ask who will use it (d) make a prototype
  16. 16.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Create
  17. 17.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Test (d) Ask
  18. 18.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) build the model (b) list the materials (c) find the limits (d) define the problem
  19. 19.True or false: to make a prototype is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) define the problem (b) try it out (c) redesign after testing (d) check it against goals
  21. 21.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) measure its performance (b) list the materials (c) dream up possible fixes (d) fix the weak part
  22. 22.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Plan”? (a) Create (b) Plan
  23. 23.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Ask
  24. 24.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Imagine”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine
  25. 25.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) think of wild ideas (c) make it better, retest (d) try it out
  26. 26.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) give up (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  27. 27.True or false: to check it against goals is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Imagine
  29. 29.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Plan
  30. 30.True or false: to define the problem is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  32. 32.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Test
  33. 33.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) yes, only once (b) only for big jobs (c) only on Sundays (d) no, it repeats
  34. 34.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  35. 35.True or false: to list the materials is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) define the problem (b) think of wild ideas (c) follow the plan to build (d) make it better, retest
  37. 37.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Create
  38. 38.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Test
  39. 39.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Plan

Answer key

  1. Plan
  2. False
  3. Test
  4. False
  5. follow the plan to build
  6. False
  7. Ask
  8. Create
  9. Plan
  10. Imagine
  11. False
  12. dream up possible fixes
  13. Ask
  14. Create
  15. think of wild ideas
  16. Create
  17. Ask
  18. build the model
  19. True
  20. define the problem
  21. fix the weak part
  22. Plan
  23. Ask
  24. Ask
  25. try it out
  26. Improve
  27. False
  28. Plan
  29. Test
  30. True
  31. Imagine
  32. Improve
  33. no, it repeats
  34. Imagine
  35. False
  36. make it better, retest
  37. Create
  38. Test
  39. True
  40. Plan

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